Example sentences of "[noun sg] to any " in BNC.

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1 ( a ) Every partner must make full disclosure to his co-partners This duty is given statutory force by s28 of the Partnership Act : Partners are bound to render true accounts and full information of all things affecting the partnership to any partner or his legal representatives .
2 It was believed that sending a NATO force to any of these areas would deter any potential aggressor from taking action .
3 Talkative , gregarious and insensitive , he attached himself as if by magnetic force to any group larger or more important than the one he was actually in .
4 It is equal in force to any statute .
5 It seems tolerably clear that , in principle , the offence is capable of commission by words alone , although conduct will give additional force to any words that are uttered .
6 A defendant to any action may wish to dispute all or part of the liability asserted by the plaintiff , or may disagree with the amount claimed whilst admitting liability , or may wish to dispute the claim and make a counterclaim against the plaintiff .
7 These are linked up to some rather clever controls : two concentric pots ( one for master volume and pan pickup selector , the other for active treble boost/cut and active bass boost/cut ) , one four-position rotary switch offering ‘ off ’ , active with mid-boost , active , and passive with the bass boost/cut becoming a master tone control , and a mini-switch that allows you to add the P-bass pickup to any switching combination .
8 devoted to the question of of of road transport and its limitations and erm er although again I mean there was no particular mention to any party other than the Government , erm it it certainly seemed to be taking a very critical view of of road transport and it does seem to be spreading now .
9 But it also covers all arrestable offences which have ( or are likely to have or are intended to have ) certain consequences like , among other things , ‘ serious harm to the security of the State or to public order ’ , ‘ serious interference with the administration of justice ’ , ‘ substantial financial gain to any person ’ , and ‘ serious financial loss to any person ’ .
10 Indeed , where the bank or other party refuses to co-operate and the offence is serious , or is likely to lead to substantial financial gain or loss to any person , the same act allows the police to search for evidence which has the intention of furthering a criminal purpose , and in such cases this provision overrides legal privilege .
11 This might be the prelude to any adapted stage play , a stimulating montage before the proscenium arch is fitted over the screen .
12 A review of recent research led Coleman ( 1986 ) to conclude that reminiscence therapy could not be said to stand on a very solid base , and that it is important not to make generalizations about the value of reminiscence to any particular individual .
13 While Vadinamia will never be a rival to any of the known holiday-resort worlds , it has a few things to offer by way of amusement .
14 It appears that the type of injury which must be foreseen is serious injury and if that is so , the statement that indifference to any harm to health or welfare was sufficient ( Stone & Dobinson [ 1977 ] QB 754 ) is incorrect in the light of authorities from the 1980s .
15 I was on my knees by the time we unpacked the sandwiches and tried to find the energy to chew , and I recall making small high-pitched squeaking noises in reply to any attempt at a chat .
16 In 1946 there were already signs of clerical opposition to any socialization of welfare in queries about Fianna Fáil 's proposals from Archbishop McQuaid and the Confederation of Convent Schools .
17 When he was told of the hierarchy 's opposition to any bill of this kind , Dr Browne , himself secularly inclined , submitted his proposals and arguments to the hierarchy for approval , just as a previous Health Minister , Dr Walsh , had consulted Archbishop McQuaid on a similar matter in 1946 .
18 But Mr Shamir has given no sign of softening his opposition to any contact with the PLO , or with Palestinians from outside , including those deported for activities hostile to Israel .
19 Opposition to any ban comes from South Africa , Zimbabwe and Botswana , which want the international regulatory agency to build on the present system of licensing and quotas .
20 That runs counter to Mrs Thatcher 's opposition to any expansion of the parliament 's democratic powers .
21 Mr Gerald Kaufman , the shadow foreign secretary , reiterated Labour 's opposition to any commitment to offer the right of abode to favoured categories based on status or affluence .
22 With some minor deviations — such as Paisley 's preference for fuller integration with the mainland in the early 1970s — the DUP has maintained the image of being the most traditional of the unionist parties and the one with the record of consistent opposition to any changes in the political structures of Northern Ireland which could be seen as compromise with nationalists and republicans .
23 Wesleyans , however , declared their ‘ strenuous opposition to any change … which would , in the slightest degree , weaken the guarantees of the Protestant Succession ’ .
24 The local community-based organizations that have since formed have been more basic in their opposition to any mining and have taken political organization — through lobbying , petitions , demonstrations and public meetings — as their mode of operation .
25 Inevitably oversimplifying , I would summarize what I have tried to say by suggesting that the schooling of science has produced three kinds of people , whose interrelations have up till now led to opposition to any attempts to realize the emancipatory potential Carlile saw .
26 It is perhaps because of this that there is so much opposition to any form of state involvement in today 's press .
27 Clara could not explain to the school that it was not so much a question of finance , as of her mother 's instinctive opposition to any pleasurable project — and anyone could see that a visit to Paris could not possibly fail to entail more pleasure than instruction .
28 Perhaps , more predictably , certain chief executives have been outspoken in their opposition to any new era for the organisation .
29 The Humble Petition of the Scunthorpe and district people sheweth That there is great opposition to any attempt to export live horses from this country for slaughter on the continent .
30 The Azanian People 's Organization ( Azapo — inaugurated in 1979 and continuing the aims of the Black Consciousness Movement ) on March 3-4 declared its total opposition to any dialogue with the South African government , undertaking to intensify armed opposition to the apartheid regime , and elected Itumeleng Mosala as its president .
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